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This week, America's Most Wanted will be highlighting the following cases: Manuel Penaloza: On the evening of October 27, 2006, Heidi was heading home from a visit with her parents in Pasadena, Calif. when her journey came to a sudden halt. Police say a vehicle in the oncoming lane crashed and Heidi got out to help the injured driver. However, her altruistic rescue attempt resulted in her being assaulted and carjacked by a 20-year-old gang member named Manuel Penaloza. Penaloza soon crashed Heidi's car and cops say he fled the scene on foot. Authorities searched Penaloza's car and knew that the investigation had only just begun when they discovered two people shot execution style in the abandoned vehicle. Now, we need your help in bringing Penaloza to justice. http://www.amw.com/fugitives /brief.cfm?id=47371 Nevada Child Sex Tape: One day after Nye County Sheriff's Office announced that they found a second girl on a videotape containing disturbing images of sexu...

I know, I know... I'm a day late. While I seen the news- first about the jury feeling deadlocked on the second charge and then about the guilty verdicts, I just didn't have the time to log on and post. Thankfully, someone else did and I suggest clicking over and reading their take on the entire case. I couldn't have said it better myself. Stop the ACLU : He ruled with an iron fist say former members. He was one sicko that was hurting a lot of people. This particular trial dealt with a female forced to marry at the age of 14. He is also charged in Arizona with being an accomplice to incest and sexual misconduct with a minor for arranging marriages between two underage girls and relatives of theirs. Today he was found guilty of two counts of being an accomplice to rape.

I've always been a little undecided about having sex ed in schools. On one hand, we have parents who are barely willing to teach their children simple manners such how to wear a belt so your rear isn't visible to every person who happens to be within viewing distance of you- god knows that some of those same parents honestly see MTV as a better resource of information on sex than actually sitting down and talking to their child would be. But, on the other hand- I don't really favor the "hands on" approach of some school teachers when it comes to sex ed. It's not that I don't understand the benefit of "hands on" learn when it comes to other subjects- dissecting the frog in science gives a much better visual learning concept than just reading about each bodily organ in a text book. And Civics class would be less thrilling without the mock trials. Art class would lose appeal if children only looked at the painting of Van Gogh, rather than putting br...

***UPDATES BELOW*** Las Vegas police are searching for information on the identities of the little girl pervert pictured. The story behind how these two became of interest to police is a little far fetched if you ask me, but rather than debating the likelihood of it, or questioning why the hell he waited so freaking long before turning to police- I'm going to just quote the story ... for now. After receiving a graphic tape of a young girl being assaulted by an adult male, Nye County police need help identifying both the victim and the man. [...] Investigators said the tape was turned in by Darren Tuck, 26, of Pahrump. Tuck said he found the tape in the desert. After another investigation, police said Tuck had possession of the tape for over five months, showing it to other people. **Child's photo removed. H/t Homesweethome and websleuths . ***UPDATE*** The first update comes straight from America's Most Wanted, who has been working on this case from early on: Chester Stil...

I just want to do a fast head count, on a topic that has been on my mind lately. So, to make it easy, I've added a poll: If I mention the Jena 6, your first reaction would be: Who? FREE THEM!! Who cares? Lock them up.   Show results Votes so far: 1 Days left to vote: 6 Feel free to explain your reaction in the comments.

According to the news, the FBI has issued a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Charles Hollin- who is wanted in connection to the abduction and sexual abuse of a 10 year old in Indiana. Source- Investigators say Hollin has even pretended to be a police officer, so the FBI considers him armed and dangerous. He is originally from Manchester, so he could be in that area. Case details from FBI wesbsite : Charley Hollin is wanted for kidnapping and child molestation. On January 20, 1999, a ten-year-old female resident of Seymour, Indiana, was allegedly abducted at knife point outside a local girl's club and later sexually assaulted. After the molestation occurred, Hollin reportedly made the victim leave the car naked, and her clothes were thrown out of the car after her. On February 3, 2000, an arrest warrant was issued for Charley Hollin in the state of Indiana, Jackson County, for two counts of confinement and three counts of child molesting. Additionally, on Apr...

Timothy Iberer must have believed in the old expression "if at first you don't succeed, try try again", because police are alleging that the 27 year old convicted sexual offender broke into the bedroom window of a five year old girl at least three times before getting caught. The child's mother awoke around 3 a.m. on Sept. 10 to noises in her house and noticed her daughter's bedroom door, unusually, was closed. The mother entered, saw a man with a flashlight sitting on her daughter's bed, and she screamed. The intruder leaped out the first-floor window in the girl's bedroom , which authorities later discovered he entered by slitting the lower corners of the screen to unlock it, according to an arrest affidavit. The affidavit said the position of the child when her mother entered her room indicated that the intruder planned a sexual assault. The child was not harmed, authorities said. The girl told detectives from the prosecutor's office that the man ...

I know, hiatus. I had promised myself that. And, for a few days- I was doing good. I didn't peek in on comments. I didn't read the news. I avoided watching Fox and MSNBC as if doing so would have caused a sudden and painful rash to cover my eyes. I was doing so good, you would have been so proud. You see, while I missed blogging- I was actually enjoying my time away, it was nice not having to reflect the sickness in the world for once. And, while I missed all of you, that's not exactly what has driven me back from hiatus. So, let's just get on with it already. A short message to parents is evidently a requirement, as you'll soon discover why: Parents, From the moment that you decided to have sex, you knowingly took a chance that it could end up with you being a parent. Frankly, I care not if the condom broke, the birth control pill was one of the .5% that failed to control, or if for some reason you were just to damn drunk. You took a chance- and it ended up with ...

A few interesting things I missed while I was gone- not that I'm completely back yet- but I really felt the need to share them. Trench has Prosecutor Scumbag Peepants tries to off himself , the tale of prosecutor John Atchison who wanted to sexually abuse a few children in between pretending to "put the bad guys away". I suppose he forgot it was criminal to do so. Asshole. Twenty-eight-year-old Nailah Franklin has been missing since at least Tuesday. The successful pharmaceutical sales rep had reported threats received from a male, possibly an ex, prior to her disappearance. Read more about Nailah at CrimeBlog.US . Home Sweet Home explains What is a Safety Plan , and it's a must read. Being a friend or family member of someone when you have concerns they may be abused can leave you feeling helpless. You cannot make them leave the relationship. But maybe, just maybe in order to make you feel better- maybe you can convince them to read about and complete a safety plan. ...

Still on hiatus, but I did want to share highlights from this weekends upcoming America's Most Wanted with you all. Anthony Artrip: Shortly after eluding police in Asheville, N.C., cops say that escaped fugitive Anthony Artrip robbed a bank in Mt. Airy. According to authorities, Artrip passed a note claiming he had a gun and emptied the teller tills. Now, U.S. Marshals have added Artrip to their 15 Most Wanted list, and they are more determined than ever to get their hands on him. Tune in this week to help us track him down. http://www.amw.com/fugitives /brief.cfm?id=46301 Anibal Mustelier: Agents believe Mustelier may have returned to Florida to retrieve $5 million worth of jewelry stashed away after the bank robbery at a SunTrust Bank five years ago. On the show this weekend, we’ll give you the details on where he might be now. Tune in, and help us nab him. http://www.amw.com/fugitives /brief.cfm?id=25376 Whitey Bulger: The FBI has just released a possible photog...

Or at least until I begin to miss you all so much that I can no longer stand it.

Of course it's a crime, despite the fact that it was allegedly committed by one time football star OJ Simpson , who we all know has an issue with acknowledging that something is still illegal- even if he's the one doing it. One really has to wonder if he happened to be wearing gloves during this little law breaking spree.

Long time crime blogging comrade and friend Stephen from Crime Scene Blog was recently interviewed by The State, a South Caroline newspaper. They've discovered what most of us have known for sometime- what a great asset Stephen is to the crime reporting world. Be sure to stop over and check out the write up , and then pop in and see what Stephen has been writing up lately.

I'm running out of titles for posts. In fact, I would have titled this "the one without a title", but I've used that before, elsewhere. So, your stuck with a title that doesn't even begin to describe the level of yuckiness that we're going to be talking about. I will be kind and warn you to keep a bottle of bleach close by... you're really going to want to sanitize your computer (and eyes) after this one. Today's hot topics at the pedologs have sunk to a new level of low... instead of just their normal "I'm a sick freak who just saw a 7 year old and got a hard on" they opted to take up conversations on incest, and raping babies. Of course, they pretended to only be having a serious conversation about age of consent and incest, and the baby post was worded in a less harsh manner. It seems it started with new pedolog member littleerules2006, who questioned legalizing incest : I'm not sure legalizing incest will ever happen. Thee are rea...

Mitchell Pask was convicted in 1992 of sexual assault. But, that didn't stop him from walking past a group of preteen girls and after saying "'Look at those sexy little salty girls'", motioning one (who was 9) to follow him towards a shelter made of four poles and a roof at a local park. The girl was smart enough to not follow him, police were smart enough to arrest him, and a jury was smart enough to convict him. A judge however, believed that because the "shelter" was in view of a a street, and was a sort of "open air" shelter as we call them- that the crime for which Pask was charged- Wisconsin's child enticement statute- didn't occur . After deliberating for just half an hour, a jury found 44-year-old Mitchell Pask guilty of trying to lure a 9-year-old girl to a park shelter for sex. But after the verdict was read Wednesday, Judge Timothy Van Akkeren stepped in. In a rare move, he overturned it and found Pask, who was convicted of s...

As mentioned before, a jury found the mother of Kelsey Briggs guilty of enabling child abuse. The jury recommended a 27 year sentence for Raye Dawn Porter / Smith. After a switch to a high profile lawyer, and a delay on the sentencing hearing, Raye Dawn has finally stood before the judge and been officially given her sentence: Raye Dawn Smith was sentenced on Monday to 27 years in prison for enabling child abuse, which resulted in the death of her 2-year-old daughter. Kelsey Briggs died from a blow to the stomach in October 2005, and a jury convicted her stepfather, Michael Porter, of enabling child abuse by injury. More...

The following cases will be featured on America's Most Wanted, this Saturday on your local Fox station, at 9pm. Please click the links for more background on the cases, or visit AMW.com for other open cases and updates. New York/Florida Serial Rapist Capture: AMW has repeatedly profiled the story of a courageous homeless woman who fought off a man who was raping her and in the process, grabbed the chain that dangled around his neck. The New York Police Department's Manhattan Special Victim's Unit has been just as vigilant - working with the victim and trying to find out who that chain belonged to. Nearly two years later, that chain, and the DNA on it has led to the arrest of 43-year-old Louis Alfonso. Cops have charged him with rape and attempted murder in the New York case, and believe he's responsible for a number of other vicious attacks. This Saturday night, we’ll give you all the details on Alfonzo’s arrest. In the meantime, check out the story on AMW.com. Willia...

*** Important Update **** Don't you just hate it when you want to show your support for the sexual abuse of children, and your efforts are hampered by the lack of pro child rape jewelry? Well, fear no more- there's hope for those seeking symbols of their twisted sexual perversions. I've mentioned before that pedophile's have symbols which they use to promote their deviant sexual attractions towards children. You can view more on that, including the symbols and explanations of them here . But there is one particular symbol that is of importance to this post, it's a heart within a heart. It is used by "girl lovers" or, as they are really known- pedophiles who prefer to use female victims in their heinous crimes. The very reason I bring this up, while mentioning the jewelry is that it seems that there is a line of jewelry that is catering to those who like to molest/rape/abuse children. The store Ellis Jewelers , that carries the line, Daring Diamonds by Krem...

David E. Meyer is just 25, but he holds a sizable list of criminal offenses in his past- including a 2003 conviction for molesting a child, and more recent charges of battery by bodily waste, a felony, as well as misdemeanor battery and resisting arrest. What won't be on his record if his plea deal with Fort Wayne prosecutors goes through are the acts that actually put him into the position of resisting arrest to begin with: Prosecutors dropped two counts of criminal deviate conduct, a count of attempted rape, a felony count of battery, a count of criminal confinement and a count of being a repeat sexual offender. [...] Police arrested Meyer because a woman claimed he hit her at an undisclosed home and told her “Your boyfriend gave me permission to do what I want,” according to court records. The woman told police Meyer then sexually assaulted her, threatened to kill her, beat her, tried to rape her and held her captive for nearly an hour and a half, according to court documents. R...

Living within close range of a sexual offender is never a desirable situation, living within close range of almost a dozen of these ticking time bombs is enough to make one cringe at the thought of having to stay there very long. Sadly though, it's a realistic issue for people living in at a Theodore, Alabama trailer park . You could probably call it a sex offender commune. Sex offenders make up more than half the population at a Theodore trailer park. NBC15's Andrea Ramey reports from the outside, you would never know there are 11 sex offenders who are registered at the same address. Most people would be upset if just one sex offender moved in next door, but how about 11. "It's difficult to see it right next door," Phil Wilbanks said. Of course, not everyone is complaining about it- like usual we have one idiot out there willing to overlook that recently one of those offenders was in trouble for having contact with a 11 year old girl. Instead, the idiot opts to d...

Dana Mack made the horrifying discovery Monday in her family's garage. Her 6 year old daughter- dead and hanging with a rope around her neck. In a letter to the sheriff's department, Navarro County Judge Vicki Gray said an autopsy of the body showed "a multitude of events that together caused the death of this child." No other details were released. It is impossible to begin to imagine the motivation for sexually abusing a first graders, and then leaving her to die by hanging her. Police have indicated that they have questioned several people, but have not yet named any suspects or made any arrests. Neighbors in the small Texas community are both worried about the possibility of a sexual predator in the area, and are concerned about the lack of information coming from the police investigation. The first-grader's body was found in a garage behind her home early Monday. "I'm just concerned about the kids out there," said Harold Hocutt, 75, a neighbor w...

I'm going to be trying something new around here, mainly because every so often I find a site of interest that I have no reason to link to- other than the fact that I find it to be a great site, and something that might be helpful to someone out there. I'm starting with A Safe Place , which is a organizational site promoting a domestic violence program. According to their site: A Safe Place provides shelter, court advocacy, referrals and comprehensive counseling programs for victims of domestic violence - women and children who have been physically, verbally, or emotionally abused. The site provides both information and resources to those who might be in need of assistance, with a hotline, counseling, intervention and shelter available. It's located in Chicago. For those who might be interesting in providing assistance to the program, you may offer monetary donations online , or there is a list of items that the shelter is often in need of.

I seen this story the other day, and all I could think was that some people really are poster children for mandatory sterilization. Not that I favor the government walking into our bedrooms and mandating what goes on in there... but at this point- it's really too bad the mothers of these scum bags didn't take a nasty fall down a flight of stairs while pregnant with them. FOX NEWS Deputies found Williams on Saturday when they went to Frankie Brewster's house to investigate an anonymous tip from someone who had witnessed the abuse, Porter said Tuesday. Brewster was sitting on the front porch and told deputies she was alone, but moments later Williams limped toward the door, her arms outstretched, saying "Help me," the sheriff's department said in a news release. Carmen Williams said doctors told her daughter she may be well enough to leave the hospital within a few days, although a nurse said the young woman's condition was listed as "under evaluation....

That's the name of the movie, but by the sounds of reviews- it seems that "nothing is taboo" would have been a bit more truthful as a title. After Hounddog reviews, one might think that those in the movie making business had seen the light and realized that not only were people not interested in seeing the sexual abuse of a child on a giant movie screen- most people were offended by the basic idea of sexualizing a child in a violent graphic scene, in order to sell tickets. Sadly, it seems that rather than just pitching the idea of attempting to "normalize" child sexual abuse- film makers opted to test the waters on still showing the abuse, but using an actress of legal age who is pretending to be a younger child. The movie — so odious that many people have simply walked out during the screenings — shows actor Aaron Eckhart having sex with a 13-year-old girl played by a now 19-year-old actress, Summer Bishil. The actress only turned 19 recently, however, which...

Once again it's time for the Carnival of The True Crime Blogs. This week Corey, from In Cold Blogger has graciously agreed to play host for us, so be sure to click over and check it out.

Anger. Power. Control. Violence. Dominance. These are the forces that are behind rapes. It's not sexual desire that causes one to sexually assault another, it's not the need for sexual gratification. It's sex used as a weapon in order to overpower, to dominate, to punish- to cause the ultimate amount of humiliation by violating a persons body and mind. If we know, and understand that sexual gratification isn't the leading factor in rape, then why do people expect us to believe that by merely limiting the need for that sexual contact- we'll be able to reduce the risks that a serial rapist will offend again? Bobby James Allen pleaded guilty Monday to three counts of armed sexual battery and various other charges involving attacks that happened in 1998 and 1999. Allen filed a motion requesting castration in exchange for a reduced sentence. Circuit Judge Michael Overstreet agreed to sentence Allen to 25 years' prison on Sept. 20 if has the procedure in the next eig...

Fellow crime blogger Trench of CrimeNe.ws usually lucks out and gets to be the one with all the "inside" information when it comes to crimes and games. He covers a lot of school related crimes, which has given him an edge on the massacre type games that have popped up at 'memorials" to the little punks that go on these killing sprees. If there is a new game remaking a school shooting- he knows. If there is some connection between an Xbox and a stupid criminal- he's got it posted. He has an entire section dedicated to it. I've always sort of assumed that I would never have to post a "this is about a game" story. After all, I mostly do sex crimes... and there's just not really much of a relationship between pervs and games- at least not a directly related worth posting connection. Until now. Yeah... I've finally made it to Trench status when it comes to nutcases making video games. It's something I never imagined I'd see. But, from t...

Stop the ACLU has a post up on one the the ACLU's very own- their pride and joy, a former Virginia’s American Civil Liberties Union top dog, and child porn downloader , who was recently sentenced. This wasn't just a naked child here or there in a few files, according to the judge the child porn Charles Rust-Tierney downloaded was sickening to say the least. The judge called it: the most perverted and nauseating and sickening type of child pornography" she had seen in 10 years on the bench. And: "The child pornography you purchased was of the most abhorrent kind," And: that "the term 'child pornography' does not convey the depravity" of the images that were downloaded. The only thing more shocking that his crimes, was his sentence- which is less than half what the DA was requesting, and only two more years than the defense wanted. Seven short years. For background and more information on this case, see the linkage above.

Read this post at Woman Honor Thy Self, and was stunned. Straight, Gay, Bi- I could care less about someone's sexual preference. But when someone ignores sexual abuse of children because they claim they feared that it would be Politically Incorrect to mention it- well, that's pitiful. Especially since anyone with even half a brain will tell you that it's wasn't their homosexual status that caused this problem.. it was the pedophile in them. A homosexual foster couple were left free to sexually abuse vulnerable boys in their care because social workers feared being accused of discrimination if they investigated complaints, an inquiry concluded yesterday. Full report... Really- I know homosexual people that would be offended at that line of complete and utter bull. They failed to do their jobs, I can't imagine any excuse being good enough to justify that, let alone trying to pin it on fears of sounding discriminatory.

The week hasn't been good for sex offender around the US... it seems that every day, more are making the news than did the day before. Of course... it's really no shock to most of us. In this weeks sex offender news, we have a few real winners that will leave you wondering just who on earth let these creeps out into society. First up, we have Bobby Marcellus Frazier a 60 year old sex offender who was housed in a group home. Frazier had walked away from a group home at 552 Industrial Drive in Wendell Tuesday morning, a short time before a 92-year-old woman and a 78-year-old woman were assaulted inside their Wendell home, police said. The older woman was able to call 911, and officers were able to thwart an attempted sexual assault, police said. The younger woman suffered what police described as substantial injuries. "It should have never happened. That guy should have never made it any further than the front doorstep without an escort," said a relative of one of the ...

Another blog, Warriors for Innocence , is reporting that Jack McClellan has moved back to the Northwest from California. This time he has settled in Portland, Oregon. Jack just posted again on his favorite pedophile message board. He’s announced that he’s decided to live in Portland, Oregon because it’s “the biggest media market in Oregon” and he would feel safer there. Jack originally wanted to live in Gold Beach. Kudos go to the Gold Beach Police who warned Jack that they’d be keeping a close eye on him. Jack immediately ran off crying and complaining about his “safety”. Go check out the rest of the post. I agree with them completely, Jack is eager to make sure that folks know where he is, so that the spotlight does not leave him for long. Let's face it, the more Jack parades around in front of TV cameras, appears on talk shows, and grant interviews to everyone who shoves a recorder in his face, the more he begins to look like a media hound, ala John Mark Karr. To th...

Neighbors weren't crazy about the idea of a sex offender living next door. And, they didn't like the idea that he lived so close to a daycare center and school either. But some parents said knowing a convicted sex offender lives nearby is scary. "It's very upsetting that someone lives that close to you and even across the school. You never know," Dunn said. On Tuesday morning, parents passed out pamphlets at a nearby school warning people about Sloan and claiming that laws prevent them from protecting their children. So, what are a bunch of upset parents to do when the law says that their children aren't worth protecting? They give him his sign. A group of Coopertown parents placed a large sign in front of the home a registered sex offender. They want to warn people that 57-year-old Charles Sloan lives near a school and a daycare center. Source . Of course, there is always one person who thinks that just be cause legally his dept is paid, society should just f...